Research Catalog

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 2] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Publication

[1982]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
• Moredock, Richard.
• Cook, Bart
• Calegari, Maria
• Castelli, Victor
• Kistler, Darci, 1964-
• Sage, DeWitt L.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

• 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (27 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
• 1 reel (27 min., 954 ft.) : sd., col. ;

Summary

Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of the sixth variation from I'm old fashioned. The male solo is rehearsed by Bart Cook and Victor Castelli; a female solo, which was cut from the final version of the ballet, is rehearsed by Maria Calegari and Darci Kistler. There are many interruptions and repetitions as Robbins develops choreography. Robbins discusses the music for the ballet, and his plans for the finale, with composer Morton Gould.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Subject

Astaire, Fred > Influence

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• There are a few brief gaps in the sound and picture on the tape.
• No time/date code on frame.

Credits (note)

• Pianists: Richard Moredock, Morton Gould.
• Filmed by DeWitt Sage.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, Sept. 24, 1982.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

• Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.
• This tape is one of 36 made between Sept. and Nov. 1982 for a projected documentary on the making of I'm old fashioned. DeWitt Sage, Joel Gold and John Goberman were involved in the project, which was never produced.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6575 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F12

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 2] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Imprint

[1982]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Pianists: Richard Moredock, Morton Gould.

Filmed by DeWitt Sage.

Performer

Rehearsed by Bart Cook, Victor Castelli, Maria Calegari and Darci Kistler.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, Sept. 24, 1982.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography

Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.

This tape is one of 36 made between Sept. and Nov. 1982 for a projected documentary on the making of I'm old fashioned. DeWitt Sage, Joel Gold and John Goberman were involved in the project, which was never produced.

Local Note

For more footage of this rehearsal, see *MGZIA 4-6576 (part 1), *MGZIA 4-6578 (part 3), *MGZIA 4-6580 (part 4), *MGZIA 4-6581 (part 5), *MGZIA 4-6577 (part 6).

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer. Instrumentalist

Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Castelli, Victor, dancer.

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.

Sage, DeWitt L.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6575 JRC

*MGZHB 12-2720 JRC